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The University of Wisconsin fell to Duke University Monday night in Indianapolis to lose the NCAA championship game, a great contest decided in the final moments. No one can say the Badgers were ill prepared, or not ready. But down the stretch, you saw the difference between a coach in his ninth title game, and one in his first at the Division I level.

In the overwhelming joy about the Badgers victory over Kentucky, there were a few threads that claimed it was silly to root while so much serious stuff was going on in the world. The people filling social media with such thoughts totally missed the point.

Looking out in the Miller Park parking lots, and then the stands, it's clear that the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team is on the mind of many even as the Milwaukee Brewers season gets underway.

This weekend, the Wisconsin Badgers will play the role of a talented "underdog" in trying to end the perfect season of the No. 1 team in the country. This was the same scenario that played out in 1976, only it was Marquette trying to knock off an unbeaten Indiana squad in the Elite Eight. Can the Badgers do what the Warriors couldn't?

The Wisconsin Badgers are in a unique situation this weekend in Indianapolis, as they set to take on the Kentucky Wildcats. And in order to make history by competing for the school's first national championship since 1941, Wisconsin has to prevent history by ending Kentucky's bid to be the first undefeated champion since 1976.